Rams little Dodeon [sic] A briefe epitome of the new herbal, or histoy of plants. Wherein is contayned the disposition and true declaration of the phisike helpes of all sortes of herbes and plants, vnder their names and operations, not onely of those which are here in this our Countrey of England growing but of all others also of other realmes, countreyes and nations vsed in phisike: Collected out of the most exquisite newe herball, or history of plants, first set forth in the Dutch or Almayne tongue, by ... D. Reinbert Dodeon, ... and lately translated into English by Henry Lyte, ... and now collected and abridged by William Ram, Gent. Pandit oliua suos Ramos.

For the Marmoll, or Malum mortuum.

¶ IT is an infirmity about the shinnes and armes, which is called Malum mortuum; they he old wan sores, little mat∣ter gendring therein.

Other while it commeth of melancholy, mixed with Salce∣plen: if it come of melancholy, it is séene by black pustels with∣out itching. If salciplen be mixed therewith, the place waxeth wan with itch and biting.

If it be cleane melancholy, let the matter bee digelled with Oximel, Squilliticum, and Sirupus de Fumitorij, of rche a like.

If salciplen be mixed therewith, let the matter bee digested with 2. parts of Oximell, & the 3. part of Exisaccary, and the 4 part of Syrop of Fumitory: & let it be purged with 2. pat is of Iera ligridion, and the 3. part of Iera Ruffini, and the 4. part of Catarticum Imperiale, and let it be tempred with Barly water, and giue it in the morning.

The next day after be theremade a Stuphe, of Calamynt, Origonum, Rue, Mints, Horehound, Bay leaues, and all kind of March Cresses, Scabios, Fumitory, Specula fo••tida.

And going out of the Stuphe, giue the patient Triacle, with iuice of Fumitory hote to drinke it, if it be cleane melancholy.

And if it bee of Flegme meddled, put thereto a good part of Rubea Trociscata.

If it be an vniuersall Malum mortuum, let him blood of the vayne Hepatike.

And if it be about the shinnes, thighs, or armes, let him blood on the veyne Sephone, within and without a little, and other∣whiles bee there put to Ventosites, vpon the raynes. And if he be too costiue, and that néede be, purge him before inuncti∣on with Carticum Imperiale, or with a Glyster is more conue∣nient.

Remember, that at what time the cure is to be done, the pa∣tient must bee kept from colde, as a woman lying in child-bed, Winter and Summer, with fire in the chamber.